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CONTENTS

A tutorial on
Machine Code Programing

2068 Notes

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Screens

Music Maker

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FILE as a Word Frocessor

A Word Processor in Basic

The Early Sinclair

The QL Report

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2068 NOTES

by Dick Scoville

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“Frélds": name, address, city,
state, ZiP, Extra and Special.
EFsech of the fields can be UP to
S2 characters tongs, IF chose
Seven because IT Only nméeded set
e€em. but E€ignht if & better
choice, €Specialtly since it is
&2 Q9G0d idéa to have Separate
Fiétds for fFirst-name and Last-—
hame to fFacititate 2tphabeétiz—-
img them.

So €&acth NAME File witl have
Eight fields, catled 4, 2, &,
cee, Se Besides its use at 4
hame-and-address Fiter, here ar
Some ather Possibilities:

FLD FLO CONTENTS

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3 Ff

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5 Short diary

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a Room if house

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3 How cbtained,

4 cost. étc.

= Description.

5S notes,

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s etc.
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2 Number oF shares
3S Purchase

4 info

s Ualue and price,
6 high and Low, etc.
7 Sates

S info

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S2 character max-per-Fietd isn’
id€Sl For atl apptications. We
CGUld Make these Mumbers varia-—
bles but screen ISPLSauU anda
management can become &2 head-
ache. Remember, 2h Portion of
@ field that isn’t Filled wont
take up space if néemoru--the
UsSé€d Portion GF €2cthn Field will
be Packed right nmext to the
FPreceéding one.

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Remember alse that we arent
writing the kind Of Program
that begins

“TYPE in Your hame.”

“Hello, how are yout (GrBi "
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“Ha, (bICK) » What
color would you Like?’

é€tc., etc.

Such

Programs gobble up space,

and are written for people whe
don’t know the prodgram—--in fact,
for the People, Who, emong the
imtendéd users, have the least
understanding. The Program you
write Wilt be yo Uf Ss im the
Sense that you Will Know éexact—
Ly What’s if it and you will be

able

to tailor it--for example,

bu breaking into its BASIC--
Without making it tltonger.

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ary article, I don’t Want to end
it mot having Given YoU some-
thing to do at the trusty 2066.

Sc tet me Explain how IF expect
LG move input date, Which at
First if inh the form GF 2 BASIC
String--saey d¥--tG its Place in
UPPEer memory. PGKinG UP €ach
Character (using BASIC) is GE,
but the BASIC vtes &= Lot oF
butes, and it is Stow. Here if
am €caneomicat and fast way oF

doing it using the LPRINT
command: ;
Choose ah unused portion of

UPPEe

f memory--I’°tt choose the

Portion that begins at CDSS =
S6576 dec (Do = 221 dec).

Next
Bie

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» enter the Following sim—-
Program.

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LD HL, (O@@DE} 2AGSDLD

LD (HL) ,A 77

INC HL 23

LD (@00D) ,HL 2206DC

RET cs

Now enter the following BASIC

Prog

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POKE 26703,2: POKE 26704,221
INPUT d#%
LPRINT d#4;

POKE 267603,8: POKE 26784.5
STOP

Now GOTO i880 and, at the
Brompt, tupe in and enter a
Little something.

Finally, &xamine your memory
Starting at DESS. You wilt sée-
Hour Eentru starting at DDI.

The contents of DOSS-DPG1 is the
address of Your First uMUsed
bute. If you GOTO 168 again.
YGU Will Enter your second mes-—
Sage directly above the first.
Tf wou omit the sSséemi-cotonm in
Liné 1260, What happens? Hint:
@Gfb=1Sdec is the standard ASCII
cOntrol character for “Carriage
réturn line feed.”

How does this work? Roughty,
LPRINT calls intG Play & Por-
tion of the BASIC interpreter
that generates 2 Stream of
Characters (getting rid of Séemi-
coOLONsS, commas, TABS, etc...
and replacing them with certain
ASCII controt characters.)

AS €ach character GF the stream
is generated, it is Placed in
register A and &2 catt if Made to
the routine whose address is at
2676S. This if the spot where
We POKEd the address ODGBS of

cur routine. Hormatlyu, at 26783
1& the address BSEG., and we
réstored 26783 to its normat
Value after we Finished our
LPRINT command.

In other words, 2t 26783 is
the address Of the routine that
dces something With the stream—--
it channels it. Notice that our
Little routine aessumes that the
A register Will contain the
current stream character-—--it
Simply adds that character to
the top of its List, and incre-
ments the address OF the top of
the list. You can have some
fun bu Channeling the stream to
the BEEPer port!

Next time, we’tl start on the
actual coding.

tut Uf oe.

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SCREENS

This is a new feature in the newsletter. I¢
you have an interesting screen program for the TS
1000 or TS2068, then send in a copy of the screen
and also the program. The first three screens were
done by Dick Scoville. The last screen and the
program was done by Lonnie Kendall.

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for the Olivetti Pr 2300 printer,

148 PRINT AT SN,7;"H- 726 IF OP=13 THEN GO TO 13@ 2838 PRINT AT 17,6; “Se
15@ LET O=(5N-1) 242 738 IF OP=16 THEN BEEP 85716,AS =
168 LET BEEP=VAL NS$(04+1 TO 042) 748 IF OP=14 THEN GO To 3000 2842 PRINT AT @,8; | a |
MUSIC MAKER 178 BEEP .95,BEEP 758 IF OP=15 THEN’SO TO 3180 =
188 PRINT AT SN,7;7 ~ 768 IF OP=17 THEN STOP 2858 PRINT AT 1,8; | a |
by Jesse Duke 19@ IF STICK (1,1) =1 THEN LET 5 765 GO SUB See Zz _-
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to piay just 258 PRINT AT 20,7;-FLAT OR SHAR Pe T 18,8; 2e~
MUSIC MSKER is a p2?~ 855 RETURN ; 2118 PRINT AT _11,0;-B BB“: PRIN
OnE A ccaet, ge ge 254 GO SUB 9ee 868 PRINT AT 20,7; "PLAY NOTE?.. T AT 12,9;°8 8 E-
we L a5 a USE rut 255 LET SF=6@ ad 2128 PRINT AT 13,0; “EE-: PRIn
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or Rave copied 265 BEEP .85,BEEP+SF: PRINT AT 878 PRINT AT 20,7; ~"STOP?....... 2138 PRINT AT 15,0; “EE-
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mi Ya YOU Can get a 270 IF STICK (1,1) =4 THEN LET 5 875 RETURN 2168 INK @
Fa he CODE STRING, F=SF-1 90@ IF STICK (2,1) =1 THEN GO TO 2165S FOR L=5 TO 13 STEP 2
it into the Little 280 IF STICK (1,1) =8 THEN LET 5S 9898 2178 PRINT AT L,@; ~--—------_____
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ee Sts ee ee 290 IF SF<-1 THEN LET SF=-1 Oo 985 2188 NEXT L
games etc. THE MM can 3@@ IF SF>1 THEN LET SF=1 918 RETURN 2185S 60 TO 2810
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Se ee ee ee 328 60 TO 268 1628 POKE USR “A~+2,BIN 81901900 2208 PRINT AT @,9; -FNS~
ai S2@tr ff Mat as 33@ LET AS=(BEEP+SF) 1838 POKE USR “A~+3,BIN 189000190 2218 PRINT AT @,13; ~DPANS-
he CODE STRING. THE NM 335 GO SUB 989 1048 POKE USR “A~+4,BIN 19999190 2228 AT #,19;~-note..
uo ota change actaves 3383 PRINT AT @,25;-~ - 1958 POKE USR “A“+5,BIN 81901990 AT 1,19; ~time..-
Beg UE ete, ie oe ep apo & 348 PRINT AT @,25;AS 1868 POKE USR “A~46,BIN 90119000 2248 PRINT AT 3,5; “Ta-: PRINT AT
BY Speed. e snare = 358 PRINT AT 20,7; "SELECT DURAT 1878 POKE USR “A~+7,BIN 4,5; "Tg"
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BS FO4NST 378 LET ST=2 1138 POKE USR “B~+3,BIN 909019980 8,5; "Sc"
ty : rts 375 PRINT AT 1,57; ~~ 1148 POKE USR “BW+4,BIN 111119080 2278 PRINT AT 9,5;-Fb": PRINT AT
‘There tle me io 388 LET O=(S5T-1) 242 1158 POKE USR “B~4+S5S,BIN 18901990 18,5; “Ta~
E MM! atoit 39@ LET TINE=-VAL T$(9+1 TO 032) 1168 POKE USR “B~46,BIN 19981900 AT 11,5;-Tg": PRINT A
wer t of the 408 IF TIHE=99 THEN GO 1178 POKE USR “B~+7,BIN 11111900 T 12,5;-sF7
ppaeinee Ale Sa Ee” 418 BEEP TIHEs16,AS 1288 POKE USR “C~,BIN 869¢13880 AT 13,5;"Fe~: PRINT a
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= pper PPh are 45@ IF ST«2 THEN LET sT=2 1268 POKE USR “C"46,BIN #1111990 3@1@ LET PLAY=(LEN ~A$/4)
7 RATION symbois, 468 IF 51>7 THEN LET ST= 1278 POKE USR “C~+7,BIN 81111900 3815 FOR J=1 TO PLAY
= set to = parts 478 IF STICK (2,1) =1 THEN GO TO 1388 POKE USR “D~,BIN 88111111 3@2@ LET C$=A$1ps
an : aah aia a a ee 580 1318 POKE USR “D-41, 89199000 3838 LET O=(5-1) 24
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tha OM APE gle geacea ae es S@@ IF TIHME<>99 THEN GO To S3e 1338 POKE USR “D~+3,BIN 80199000 3858 LET ON=VAL C$1043 TO 044)
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= 1468 POKE USR -E-+46,BIN 11199090 3158 IF ST=3 THEN LET G$="B-
oh 61@ FOR i=1 TO 5 1478 POKE USR “E~“+7,BIN 11199900 316@ IF ST=4 THEN LET G$="C-
1® LET A$=" 23 626 PRINT AT 1,0P; “E- 1586 POKE USR “F",BIN sesese8a 3178 IF ST=5 THEN LET 6$="D-
20 LET BS$="9800- naken” 63@ BEEP .981,28+L 151@ POKE USR “F“+41,BIN 99900800 3180 IF ST=6 THEN LET GS$="E-
3@ PRINT AT 18,7; Batt se DUKE” 648 PRINT AT 1,0P;7 - 152@ POKE USR “F°+4+2,BIN 980009000 3198 PRINT AT 5M, (NOTE+7) 76%
4@ PRINT BY JE 645 GO SUB 7@0@+ (0P2z18) 1538 POKE USR “F-43>BIN sesesese 3288 OVER
45 PAUSE 208 6S8 NEXT L 1548 POKE USR “F~+44,BIN seseseee 3218 IF =1 THEN PRINT AT SN,
46 CLS 66@ IF STICK (1,1) =4 THEN LET O 1558 POKE USR “F~+5,BIN 98908110 (NOTE+7) 5 “FO
58 GO SUB 18000 P=0P-1 1568 POKE USR “F~+6,BIN 90000110 3228 OVER @
ce 60 2 2808 678 IF STICK (1,1) =8 THEN LET O 778 POKE USR “F°+7,BIN 809001190 Fontan Sees THEN PRINT AT 17, (
INK P=0P4+1 S88 RETURN NOTE. 77°F
11@ LET NOTE=1 017161412110 68@ IF 0P<13 THEN LET oPp=13 2888 CLS 3248 IF SF=+1 THEN PRINT. AT 17, (
12@ LET N$="888021191 69@ IF OP>17 THEN LET Op=17 2885 GO TO 2168 NOTE+6) 5 “S"
98785048200-188 AT 20.7:°SE 7@@ IF STICK (2,1) =1, THEN GO TO 2018 INK 4: BORDER 4: BEEP .281,3 3258 LET NOTE=0TE+1
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4838 IF STICK (1,1) =8 THEN GO TO
4@a59

4848 GO TO 4#28

4858 IF MOTE=25 THEN GO TO 4972@

60 TO 138
COPY
PRINT AT 28 ,8;~ UANT COPY

4280
4138 IF STICK (1,1) =4 THEN GO TO
4168

4238 IF STICK (1,1) =8 THEN GO TO
4248 IF STICK (1,1) =4 THEN 60 TO
4268

4328 PRINT AT 28,8;- CHANGE oC
4330 IF STICK (1,1) =4 THEN 60 TO
4378
4348 IF STICK (1,1)=8 THEN 60 TO
4398
4358 IF STICK (2,1) =1 THEN 60 TO
* Seee
4368 GO TO 4338
4378 LET OCT=0CT+12
4490

4388 GO TO
439@ LET OCT=0OCT-12

4578 LET OT=VAL C¥$(04+1 TO 9+2)
LET ON=VAL C$(9043 TO 034)

4598 SEEP (9T/SPEED) , (ON+0CT)
NEXT J

4618 PRINT AT 20,8;7 PLA

4626 IF STICK (1,1) =4 THEN 60 TO

45308

4638 IF STICK (1,1) =8 THEN GO To

4648

4635 GO TO 462¢

4648 GO SUB 98a

4658 PRINT AT 28,8;~ CODE-PRI

4668 IF STICK (1,1) =4 THEN 60 TO

4676 IF STICK (1,1) =8 THEN GO TO

4190

4688 GO TO 4668

. 4788 IF SPEED<1@® THEN LET Es="-97-

4718 LET ES=STRS$ SPEED+ES
4728 LET O$=STRS (OCT /12)
4738 IF 0%$="@7 THEN LET 0%="88~

4748 IF VAL 0%>@ THEN LET O$=-@~ ~116811282288112982298
20% 5 . mod dF BFNSEDPA AAG ee
ime. .@.12Se

5828 PRINT AT 21,8;7 A="; (16/SPE
ED);~ SEC. 7 : RB fo --—— ~~~
S838 IF STICK (1,1) =4 THEN LET S

PEED =SPEED-1

5848 IF STICK (1,1)=8 THEN LET 5S
PEED =SPEED+1

S858 IF SPEED<1 THEN LET SPEED=1
5868 IF STICK (2,1) =1 THEN GO TO

BEEP .25,-28 ERGRGSS sia Ee
S828

S865

588 PRINT Ar oe STAND BY
P 8;~

To pine UANT COPY? YES«>NO

S@98 PAUSE 196 ® OF NOTES 2
5198 60 TO 4586
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T-FILE: 18 OF 64k FILE MARAGER
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SHWE. WHICH TS EASILY CHAHGED.
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SRAPHICAL MATH GAMNE.AGE S AWD Ue
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PEEP Ey GREAT PADIS. FEE See

pea T. ALAN PATTISON
3422 French Loop Nu
Olympia, UA 985a2

Aprit 13, 1985

Douglass F. Dewey
286 James St.
Carrboro, NC 27518

Dear Doug:

I would like to share with the
TSUG through their newsletter my
word processing program written
in BASIC. I have enctosed a
Print—out of the Listing as wett
aS a few paragraphs of
instructions.

Since I have never used anyone
else’s word processor, I don’t
even know if this one is very
good, although it serves my
purposes wett. There is a
Cassette of the program enctosed
for you to try out.

I’ve SAVED my Honey Manager
Program on the opposite side of
the Cassette for you to evatuate
if you so desire. You wittl have
to follow the instruction sheet
and enter some dummy data to get
it to work.

If there are individuats who
would like me to send them a
Cassette of the word processor
father than type it in, I’tt be
glad to do so for $8 per
cassette postpaid. Incidentatlty,
I charge $9 postpaid for my tone
¥ Manager cassette.

I forgot to mention, both
Programs are for the 2868. By
the way, Doug, if you use the
Money Hanager program with a
Spectrum emulator, you’ll get an
error code. Delete line 12 (ON
ERR) and it’tl crun OK with the

Let me tnow when you have
figured out how to run the
Spectrum Microdrive. I’m going
to England in wwne and would
Pick one up if X thought I could
get it to work.

Sincerely,

R WORD PROCESSOR IN BASIC

After you have tuped in the
listing, SAVE it by entering
GOTO 8508. When using the
program, type in your paragraph
without regard to format. Uhen
the paragraph iS Completed it
will be stored with Left

JUStIFIiCation and no Eplit words
on the right. The paragraphs
will all be stored in one tang
string.

When you go to the correction
routine, one paragraph will be
displayed at a tise. Press C for

the next paragraph, A to correct
a@ character, X to rewrite or
delete paragraph, I to insert a
new paragraph following the one
you are editing.

To change, add, or delete a
Character in the paragraph being
edited, move the inverse cursor
with the arrow keys to the
Character you wish to change,
then press A. You will be
instructed to enter the new

r cr press ENTER to

cier, 6
insert a space after the
Character the cursor covers, or
CTYPE det" to detete the
Character. If you add or delete
Characters, you may need to

rearrange the rest of the
Paragraph using the same
Process. (It might be easier ta
press X and re-write the
Paragraph -- then it will
JUSTIFY itself and Eliminate
SPlit words.}

The inverse string in tine 2035
reads “+v$lade". ALL the
Characters from quotation-mark
to quotaion mark are INVERSE,
INCLUDING THE QUOTATION MARKS.
Then there are normal quotation
Marks before and after the
string of inverse characters.

I have incorporated Dick
Scoville’s print darkening
routine in the program which you
may Call from the menu.

If you get out of the Program,
GOTO S5S@ if you do not want to
lose any text you have entered.

Your text can be SAVED and
LOADED as a Character array.

- ALAN PATTISON

@>REM Alan Pattison
3422 French Loop NU
Olympia, UA Ga5e@e

S LET v¥s="": LEY c=i: BRIGHT

1@ LEY x§=""
15 REM TEXT ENTERING
206 INPUT “Enter text: “; LINE

31 PRINT a3," “;
32 INPUT "“Cantinuve paragraph?

33 IF LEN s3>3 THEN BEEP .a7,2
@: PRINT #84; FLASH 1; "ENTER Y OR
N PLEASE! “: PAUSE 168: GO TO 3

2

34 IF s$="y" OR s#="Y" THEN LE
T x$=xX$+as+" “- GO TO 28

G5 LEY x$=x3+a4

38 INPUT “Store it? “;5%

40 IF s#="y" OR s#="Y" THEN GO
SUB 1900: GO SUB Sese

5@ CLS

68 PRINT

7@ PRINT #2; BRIGHT 1; "Enter 2

to correct text, 2 to Print,
3 to start again, 4 for new par
agraph, 5 to SAYE this text on

tape, 6 to change tupe, 7 LOAD
data al

Yo PAUSE 32

6@ IF INKEYS$="" TREN GO TO 8a

188 IF INKEY$="3" THEN GO TO 28a
9

118 IF INKEYS$="2”" THEN 60 TO 38
G

115 IF INKEY$="4" THEN LET c=c+
i: GO TO 18%

128 IF INKEYS$="1" THEN GO TO 228
oo

125 IF INKEYS$="5" THEN G6O TO 7%

ee

126 IF INKEY$="6" THEN 60 SUB 3
@@: CLS : 60 TG 7¢e&

129 IF INKEY$="77" THEN G60 TO 78
58

138 GO TO 82

268 CLS : PRINT AT 16,6; FLASH
1; “RARE YOU SURE? (yY/N)"

2186 INPUT 5%

P26 IF s$="y" DOR s¥="Y" THEN RU

238 60 TO 5%

3@@ IF PEEK 23507=66 THEN RANDO
MIZE USR 65253: RETURR

318 POKE 23537,66: RETURN

606 REHM PRINTING/SCREEN OR PRIN

8@2 CLS : LEY ms="5"

685 OPEN #5,m5

608 LET g=1

816 FOR t=1 TO c

6826 FOR k=g TO LEN vs

63@ IF v$ik}=a3 THEN GO TO 845
B46 NEXT &k

65@ PRINT #5;¥30g TO k-1)

668 PRINT #5

B7@ LET g=k+i
RAB REY I

690 INPUT “HARD coPY?

%
S00 IF m$="y" OR ms="Y"

T m$="P": GO TO 865
Gis CLOSE #5
838 60 TO 72

(Y/N) "Gm
THEN LE

i8@@ REHM ELTHINATING SPLIT voRDS

AT LINE ENDS

1818 LET n=1i

1@28 GO SUB 1183

1630 LET n=n333

1848 IF n>=LEN x4 THEN
1658 IF x#in}="“" “ THEN
%

1868 GO SUB 1182

18678 IF x (n}=" “ THEN
8

1888 LET j=8

1698 GO SUB 1188

1168 LET j=j+i

1118 IF x¥({n}>" “ THEN
3

1128 FOR n=n TO n4 5-1

RETURN
GO TO 115

GO TOG 183

GO TO 189

1138 LET x$=x$i1 TO nd4" “4xin+
}

1 TO
1148 NEXT n
1158 GO TO 1238

1168 LET x$=x$1 TO n-1)4x8(n4+i

To 3

1178 GO TO 1822
11868 LET n=n-i
1198 RETURN

28608 REHM CORRECTICN RGUT INES
2618 CLS : LEY g=41: LET a=i

2825 FOR t=1 TO c
2828 FOR k=9g TO LEN ve

2630 IF v3 (k}=q$ THEN GO SUB 2283

bey

2@31 NEXT k

2632 LET g=k+i: LET a=g
PEGS NEXT Lt

2634 CLS : 60 TO ee¢6

2635 PRINT AT 3,0;v#(g TO a-1i) +"

“4¥Sa4+1 TO k-

2@39 PRINT AT 19,0,"

2648 IF INKEY$="~ THEN
a

1)

5 XT RE-URT

GO TO 204

2645 IF INKEY$="c" GR INKEY $="C"

THEN CLS : &@ To 2832
2650 IF INKEY$="8" AND
N LET a=at+i1
28655 IF INKEY$="6" AND
EN LET a=a+432
2668 IF INKEY$="5" AND
LET az=a-1

a¢k-1 THE
a432¢«k TH
a>g THEN

2862 IF INKEY $="x"" GR INKEY $="xK"

THEN GO TO 31892
2865 IF INKEYS="7" AND
EN LET a=a-3e2

4>29+31 TH

267@ IF INKEY$="4" THEN GO TO S@

t

2672 IF INKEYS$="“I" THEN 6G TQ 25
Bea

2@75 IF INKEYS$="a" GR INKEY$="A"
THEN GO TO 32888

2@76 PRINT AT &8,0;4;" “SvV$elai5;”

21186 GO TO 2835
2500 LET x#="": LET a¥g-=""
2505 INPUT “Enter paragraph to i
nsert: “|; LINE a
2518 PRINT a%;" “;
25206 INPUT “Continue Paragraph?
(Y/N) “Sms
2530 IF m$="y" OR m$="Y"° THEN LE
T X$=x$+a$+" “- GO TO 25008
2548 LET x$=x$+a%
255@ GO SUB i988
ae ara VS=vVSC TO 8-1) 444x840
tk TO }
2565 LET c=c+i
2576 CLS : 6OQ TO see

3805 BEEP .897,3@: INPUT “Insert
letter for correction of, (ENTER=
Space, det=detete)d";hs
3018 IF h$="" THEN LET v#=v8( TO
ad+" “4ave(ati TO}: GO To 32838
3015 IF h$="det" THEN LET V$=VEt
TO a-i)4v$lat+i TG ): 60 TO 3858
3820 LET vial hs

3038 CLS : GO TO 2035
3108 LET x$="": LET ag=""
3185 LET vig TO x-1)=""

3118 INPUT “XXX to delete or ent
er new par.:“; LINE aX

3415 IF a$="XxXX" GR a$="xxx” THE
N LET vg=v8 TO g-1) 4V8(h41 TO }
: cC=c-1: 660 TG see

31286 PRINT a$$," “;
3130 INPUT “Continue Paragraph?
CYsN) “Smt
3148 IF m$="y" OR m$="Y" THEN LE
T X$=x$+a3+" “- GO TO 31186
3158 LET x$=x$+a¥%
3168 GO SUB 1383
occ LET v$=v¥$ TO g-1) 4x$4vV(b
o
3188 CLS -:- GO TO see
5808 LET q¢=CHRS$ 24: REN ADDING
PAR. TO STRING/CHR$ 24 DENOTING
END OF PAR.
58106 LET vs=v$+x$iq$

RETURN

6600 RESTORE 6250

6818 FOR n=1 TO 2g

68206 READ a

6636 POKE 65267+n,a

68048 NEXT n

6845 GO TO 58

6858 DATA 17,0,221,213,1,8,3,42,
54 ,92,36,126,167,31,182,18,35,19
213,32,246,16,244,225,37,34,54,9
2,281

7@88 CLS : PRINT AT 5,8; “YOUR T
xT UILL BE SAUED AS DATA .UHAT NA
ME DO YOU UANT IT SAUED BY?": T
obs Baint ebci hs
““PREPRRE RECORDER —

PRESS ANY KEY" .
7@18 PAUSE 3
7@15 LET vs=v5+"
7@20 DIH ws (i,LEN Vai

7838 SAVE ns DATA wet): BEEP .@1
21: PRINT “REYUIND TAPE 4 PRESS A
NY KEY TO VERTFY.~- PAUSE @: VE
RIFY n% DATA wei): BEEP -@1,1: Pp
DIM wi}: LET vt=overc
Nove ss) S=VE OLE
7848 PAUSE 288: cGo To se
ress S9P
CLS : PRINT “PREPARE RECORD
ER AND ENTER NEHE OF DATA YOU UT
SH.”: INPUT ns: PRINT "nt
#868 PRINT * START RECORDER AND

7@62 DIK tet fees LOAD ns DA
: ¥VSsESC1): DIM wet)
7865 .LET cr $=¥S {LER ¥3-4 TO LEN v

7@68 LET c=UAL rs
767@ LET v$=vi To LEN v4—5)
7@75 LET q$=CHRS$ 24 ;

8500 SAVE “UordP3” LINE 6868: 5E
EP .5,1: PRINT ‘“REUIND TAPE, TH
FN PRESS ANY KEY TO VERIFY.“: PA
USE @: VERIFY “UordP3"- BEEP _5,
1: PRINT ‘“SHYUE VERIFIED CK.”

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THE EARLY SINCLAIR
by Tony Brooks

: TONY BROOKS

1sFed Vanegarden Drive

Germantown

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Dear Doug

I thought you might be
interested in the enctased
leaflet about Sinclair produ
Of €artier years. The leafle
Mainly about the MICRO-6,
fadio billed as "The wart
Shaltlest” and sold as a ki
1964 for less than $2.
leaflet also lists allt of
Clives early products including
his very first product the MICRO
AMPLIFIER. I can remember bying

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(it was about icm square} 3:
about 1961. I did get the kit ta
FuUNCtiGN and I stiil have it,
but I dont think I ever faund a@
use for it.

After thete early products Mr.
Sinclair,as he was then, turned.
to pocket calculators and hi-Ffj
Products. The hi-fi preducts
were. notable For there law
Prices, but the only one I ever
Purchased was a loudspeaker. —

The calculators are more .
interesting. They started wits
a four function catcutatar tno
memory) called the Sinclair
Executive which sold far £78, on

2) a muUCcA

Cheaper catculator, the
Cambridge, for £38. Tnhizt tatter
re f@€d ta

Co tre

£18 in kit Form.
The Cambridge was
addition af = méemar
éventualty turned :
low price ecient: fF:
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Product produc
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selling 4 Litt
Machine code 9
which sold for
Io owas mo. ing i
in 2 years in
Period $39 I ty
events until t
along.
Bes Wishes
Tony Brooks.
S81-972-4541

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SINCLAIR MICRO -

COMPONENTS PRICE LIST

Tcl we Be 23 ch sas :)
RI to RY at 6d. each 46
Cl, C2, C3, and C5 at 1/- each 40
C4 nee = i ne 9
Cé 9
TRI 8 6
TR2 8 6
TR3 aa : 79
DI and D2 1/9 each 3 6
Ll 40
Printed Circuit Board 3 6
Earpiece and Plug 5 6
Socket ~ 1 6
Case and dial with trim 3 9
Wire and sleeving etc. “ 6
Instructions : ' 0

Totel Cest 59/6

SINCLAIR RADIONICS LIMITED, 69 HISTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE

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The Sinclaw Micro-6 it the world’s smallest trensistor radio requiring ne external
eerial or orth, Although the size is only 1.4/5" s 13/10" « 1/2" # hes o of stege
civeud giving a pertormance comparable to thet ef o sis trensister superhet.

The circuit diegrem of the receiver it sheen im Fig. 2 The RLF. signel, picked up
by LI end selected by L! ond TCI, is omplified by Trt end Tr? prior to detection. The
gain of Trl and the selectivity of the receiver ore both increased considerably by CW
@ temi-varieble copecitor formed by twisting two pisces of inwuleted wire together. CW
increases the gein by providing positive feedbeck or regeneration from the evipet of
Tet to the tuned circu. The level of the regeneration ls evtomatically controlled by the
AGC. circuit.

The R.F. output from Tr? is coupled to the :touble diode detector, Dt end D2, by
C4.” The ovtput from the detector consists of three ports: on unwonted residual RF.
tignel which is removed by Cl, dic voltege which is proportional te the signal
trongth ond which controls the collector current and thus the gain of Trl ond thirdly
the ALF. signal which is fed to the bese of Trl. This AF. signal is thea omplified in
turn by Tet, Te2 ond Te3. z
"The reeton for the high sensitivity of the Micro-4 is the fect thet both Tel end Tr2
ore reflered, thet is to sey they omplity successively both of RF. and AF. Becouse of
the very cereful design the quelity of reproduciion is extremely good ond the sensitivity
compares very fevourebly with sets mony times a1 lerge. The very lew current
consumption end low bettory voltage ere mode powuible by the use of Micre-Alloy

transistors. -

FIGS SINCLAIR MICRO-SIK CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

NOTICE

All the components for the Micro-6 are tested before despatch but if

consider that any of them are faulty we will replace them immediately
ie of cherge if you return them to us together with « stemped addressed
envelope.

The Micro-6 shovld work perfectly when completed. If it does not,
you may have damaged cne of more of the components or your assembly
may be incorrect. Should you be unable to cure the fault yourself we can
service it for you for a fixed charge of 15/-.

Just send the set to us with cash, postel order or cheque for 15/-
teking care to pack the set 10 thet it cannot be demaged in the post, If
the feult is @ very minor one your 15/- will be returned to you with the set
put right.

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THE OL REPORT

Our third report has the QL looming excitedly on the horizon. Any week
now this great machine should be released. Week by week new software,

hardware, and accessories are being introduced. Disk drive
interfaces,toolkits, RAM expansions, third party support for the @L
1S beginning to mount = and you, the end-user, will be the prime

beneficiary.

AS promised, we begin this month's report with a brief review of West,
a textual adventure game for the QL. Residing in Arizona 4s we do, we
felt it only fitting to begin our reviews with this rip-roaring
“shoot ‘em up" story of robbers and rattlesnakes.

For those
“Smugglers
the list for

of you familiar with such Timex or Spectrum Classics as
Cove," or “The Hobbit," West should be put near the top of
Classic adventure excitement. One starts near a ghost

town. Speed of execution really helps here because you will encounter
bank robbers who will shoot you quite dead if you do not "shoot" them
first by typing quickly. The first time I sat at the keyboard reading

instead of typing, I found myself dead for the first time.

‘One is allowed to be killed three times before the erogram locks up
and you have to re-boot from scratch so be fore-warned! You may not
need a quick trigger finger but you do definitely need a very fast
typing finger and this adds to the excitement of the program. aA
quick typing finger not only stops robbers but also rattlesnakes!

‘One needs 100 points to advance to the next level. Points are
,accumulated by collecting loot from robbers, trinkets found along the
‘way, etc. Be Careful, though. When I climbed a marble staircase in one

building, I found myself Qazing ata large gold nugget to the north.

When I went north to retrieve the nugget, the dastardly QL replied,

'"Oh, did 1 forget to mention a large gaping whole in the floor? Dead
time."

/for the __

/Qne does not buy a QL for games but as the saying goes, "All work and
(no play..." When you finish your job costing analysis and your
inventory summary, boot West for a challenging and entertaining time.
A unique feature is the "notepad" which lets you make notes about
where you are, etc. so that when you save the Program for next time,
you can start of¢ remembering exactly where you left off.Both Zkul and
West, two great adventure games, we have in stock.

CR(Curry rating) = 8.

We now will examine two word processors-—
using to write this report, and Tasword
the Spectrum and the Timex 2068.

Quill, which is what we are
II, an excellent Program for

For those of you who Purchase a @L and who now have your’ word
processor on cassette and not on Spectrum microdrive, the first thing
‘you will notice is how fast Quill loads off the QL microdrive--less
than 30 seconds. Documents Of a page or so in length take less than 15
seconds. A document of 50 lines per Page takes up roughly 20 sectors

out of a possible 220-224 per microdrive cartridge. One can see this
leaves room for a nice size document or a number of business letters.

Tasword is always in the equivalent of Overwrite mode. If you type a
line and then backspace you will overwrite unless you issue an
extended command to insert a line. And then you: have to remember to

reformat the Paragraph. Quill ‘has an insert mode and an overwrite mode
you can switch between by using shift and the F4 key. If one is
in insert mode and backspaces to insert, the program automatically
gives you room and then reformats the whole Paragraph as you go.

One can configure Tasword or Quill to work with Practically any
Printer. Both have certain printer configurations in the software
initially--Epson FX-80, for example. However, with Tasword, one imbeds
Printer codes in the text by means of graphic icons which you can
easily forget what the icons stand for . One also, with this method,
Cannot see what the finished document will look like. With Quill, the
program is set up initially for bold, underline, superscript and
subscript. If one presses F4 to change the typeface to bold, the text
is high-lighted on the screen. To turn bold off, one simply presses
ay = 1 for bold again. and one reverts back to normal printing.
Underlining is underlined, superscript is higher up on the line, etc.
Quiil is a "what you see is what you print” word Processor and this is

very nice.

The cursor keys on Quill let you move in four directions. What is also
nice is that pressing the shift key and either the left or right arrow
lets you move a word at a time instead of a letter at atime, and
control plus shift and-the up and down keys lets you move a paragraph
at atime. Total number of words is Always displayed, as well as what
mode one is in(insert or overwrite), typeface in use, line number and
Page number and document name °

You can search and replace words on both of these programs. However ,
the QL Program will search and replace’ for every ocurrence of a word
in one sequence whereas on Tasword II one searches for one word and
one replacement and then has to start the sequence all over again. As
in the other Psion programs, one can press Fi at anytime to access the
help screens which are excellent.

One serious drawback of Tasword is that it does not have tabs. One can
set margins, left or right, but that is all. Quill has margins to
indent paragraphs etc., and you can set margins from O to 80 columns.
On Tasword you’ can only have 64 columns. Forced
you can have headers and footers-all in all we rate Quill very highly.

start and end at
wishes to and we feel this comes in handy.

any line number one

As you can see, we have now expanded to two Pages for our report. The
machine is not even out yet and already we are increasing our
coverage! This report is being written on an FX-80 and in next month ‘s
issue we will show you some of the graphs it Produces with the Program
Easel. Next month we will also review Graphi@L, a superb graphics
Program which we have in stock. Please write for information on any QL
Program you are interested in. We have sold out of QL User and are
waiting for the April issue, so get your orders in now. We are also
getting back issues. By next month’s issue let‘’s hope some of you

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LETTERS

Here are a few of the letters which we
have received in the last few months.
Hopefully, one of our readers can answer
a question or two. If you can = answer
some of the questions raised in these
letters, or just want to discuss the
problem, please write the author

Comments from Costa Rica - Jess Peeler

Report on Damaged/Surplus TS-1000 Computers

I have seen 2 sources for these damaged/surplus computers:

(1) Zebra Systems, Inc.
(2) American Surplus Trading - on p. 31, Radio Electronics, Dec "OL

In 1984 I purchased a dozen of these surplus computers from Zebra
Systems. They are sold on an as-is basis and all have one or more defects.
- Additionally, since only the computer is sold, one mst provide power supply,
cables, and T.V. interface adapter. Nevertheless, I consider them, at $10

apiece, the bargain of the century.**
Now, to what was found in the dozen orphans which I had acquired.

My conjecture is that they were bought by the carload for a dollar or
so per unit and were either Timex factory rejects or customer-returned
computers which were found to have failed.

First thing noted was that all units had Timex 1000 identification
completely removed - from both the top and bottom of the case. (Timex was

ashamed?)

Mechanically, only 1 of 12 had suffered slight damage - in that the
small screws holding the 2 case halves together were stripped out of the

plastic stand-off supports.

Slectronic problems:
(a) 2 of the 12 had burned out Sinclair SCL chips - the special
Ferranti "Sinclair Computer Logic" chip manufactured for
Sinclair. This chip is still available (I believe) from
Sinclair Research Limited, 4 Sinclair Plaza, Nashua, N.H.,
03061 - at $12.00 apiece. (Ask for IC-1, ULA Custom Chip)

(b) 1 of 12 had a burned out 2-80A chip. This chip is available
from dozens of suppliers for as low as $2.50 each.

Electrical/Mechanical problems -
11 of the 12 units had suffered damage to the delicate
plastic finger connections from the keyboard - as noted in
a previous write up.

Final Count - of my dozen orphans, by carefully trimming the keyboard
plastic finger connections and replacing one Z-80A chip, my net gain was 10
working computers and 2 available for spare parts. I could also, by pur-
chasing the ULA Custom chip from Sinclair, restore the last 2 to working
order. Therefore, for the computers alone, total parts comes to 12 x $10
+ $2.50 (for 2-80A) + 2 x $12 (for ULA) = $146.50, or an average of $12.21
apiece. Add $5 to $20 for the D.C. power supplies, connecting cables and :
T.V, switch/interface (depending on luck and skill in purchasing) and you're
looking at a batch of TS-1000s for under $35 apiece.

nking {s based on using the T5- as a beginner's computer, as
a simple business machine, and for those satisfied with black and white

and no sound.

lear [lick?

Got your note the other day. Here is my $10 so I can once again get the
newsletter.

A courle of years ago I acauired a Stringy Florry interface for my Timex
1000 but I did very little with it at the time. A few months ado I dous
this out and started Playing with it again. I have been associated with
Exatron (who develored the Stringy Florry) for a longa time and have
@lways thought that this rroduct had a lot of Fotential. I have started
to develor a CF/M like orerating system that would allow the Timex 1000
(or ZX-81) to function es a stand alone develorpment system and also Ppro-
vide a dood file storade interface for BASIC rrograms. All of the code
is written in assembly and is beind debudged presently (the actual code
development is done on a Digital Grour Z-80 system and then I down load
the Timex through the cassette interface. Slow but works).

From a users roint of views this will look Just like standard CP/M 2.2
excert that programs will start at 4100 hex instead of 100 hex and the
interface to the RDOS will be via a jump instruction at 4005 hex instead
of 5S hex. Basicallyy everything has been moved up 4000 hex bytes. I
envision this system being burned into an 8k rom and replacing the resu-
lar ESF rom.

To access the oreratings system from a BASIC Programs the user Pokes the
function and arguments into rre-assidned memory locations and then calls
a special BIOS entry (the variable B$(163) is used as a communications

buffer). For example to oren and read a data filers a rFrodam misht look :
like:

100 DIM B$(163)

110 LET B$="HISTORY.DAT*

POKE 16417915

LET A=USR(8192)

IF A=255 THEN PRINT
LET I=0

LET TOTAL=0

LET AVERAGE=0

POKE 16417720

LET A=USR(8192)

IF A<>0O THEN PRINT
LET I=I+t1

FRINT "CLIENT "#I*B$(1 TO 16)

PRINT "ADDRESS’»B$(17 TO 32)

PRINT ° °»B$(33 TO 48)

PRINT ° "»9B$(49 TO 64)

LET DUES=VAL(B$(65 TO 69))

LET RATE=VAL(B$(70 TO 74))

LET TOTAL=TOTAL+DUES

LET AVERAGE=AVERAGE+RATE

GOTO 150

PRINT "TOTAL DUES =$*"s TOTAL

PRINT "AVERATE RATE =*sAVERAGE/I+°$/MONTH® ‘
STOP H
I have not progressed to the roint of nailing

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130
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142
144
146
150
* 160
170
175
180
“190
200
210
220
230
240
250
260
300
310
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«oeor something similar.
down the exact details.

"FILE NOT ON THIS TAFE* :STOF

*"END-OF-FILE*?GOTO 300

your

I have run into a couple of problem areas maybe you or one of your
ig

readers could help me with. How can I move the display file into
memory? Every time I tryy the system crashes. Some times in slow mode
the sustem responds faster than other times. Why and what can be done
about this? I need to use low memory for data storase, which locations
must be preserved (I use the rom BASIC only for the display file manase-

ment)?

If there are other Stringy Florey users out therer I would like to set
in touch and see if there is any interest in this (I still need to set
application rrosrams to run).

Best redardsy

Lak. a. Colhhine

Clark A. Calkins
1907 Alvarado Ave.

DR. H. WELDON BAKER
8515 PATTON ROAD
PHILADELPHIA PA 19118
March 9, 1985
Doug Dewey
206 James St.
Carrboro, NC 27510

Dear Doug:

Iam writing in the hope that you or one of your
the TSUG can help with a problem I am having.

colleagues in

T am using my 1500 in my research at Temple; I have a "Report
Generator" board (ENER-Z Corp. Ft. Washington PA) attached to
the back, providing an interface with laboratory instruments—- in
the present instance, a spectrophotometer. The R.G. board, if
you are not familiar with it, provides analog-to-digital. input
with @-channel input (0-Sv), programmable channel select &
sampling interval/rate, real-time clock, digital I/0 and a cen-
tronics interface (sort of) - The version I have is EPROM
controlled. I had originally planned to get the VOTEM, but at
the time could not locate a supplier. The board works very well,
and has sparked some very exciting and promising research
possibilities. :

The problem lies with the 1500’s (& 1000’s) coarse graphics used
to display the results of the work. I need some high resolution
Qraphics capability. Thus far I have tried two solutions,
neither of which is satisfactory:

1) Printing out the data, manually transferring it to the
2068 and displaying and manipulating it there. This is slow, in-

Convenient and does not take advantage of the 1500’s capabili-
ties. The results, however, are spectacular.

2) Using an MC utility program for Hi-res printer graphics
obtained from Bill Russell of G. Russell Electronics. The two

programs are incompatible because both use a 1 REM statement;
HRP graphics for CODE and display storage, and RG takes 16 bytes
(16514-16530) for a scratch-pad. %*kkCRASH*** CBy the way, VOTEM
also uses 1 REM.]

Can you suggests:

>> A compatible HRG program or firmware? One thought was the
Memotec add-on, but I know nothing of its operation OR
availability. ANOTHER possibility could be Advanced Interface

Design’s hi-res bit mapped graphics board which resides at 8192-

14335D3; again, I don’t know how it is used OR if it is still
available or from whom.
>> An I/0 board for the 2068 OR for the Spectrum (to be used

with 2068 + Spectrum ROM). Even some detailed plans for building
such a board would help--- I have 2 or 3 such plans for use with
the 1000, but know of none for the 2068. With such a board, I
could do the same work with the 2068, bypass the 1000/1500, and
have the HRG I need. "
I’m hoping someone in TSUG has
problem and can offer help.

some with this

Wbw—_

familiarity

Am I still a member? Is it dues-time yet?

-OoT—

yea OF REPORT

Our third report has the QL looming excitedly on the horizon.
Now this great machine should be released.

Any week
Week by week new software,

hardware, and accessories are being introduced. Disk drive
interfaces,toolkits, RAM expansions, third Party support for the QL
3s beginning to mount and you, the end-user, will be the prime

beneficiary.

AS promised, we begin this month’s report with a brief
ea textual adventure game for the QL. Residing in Arizona as we do, we
felt it only fitting to begin our reviews with this rip-roaring
“shoot ‘em up" story of robbers and rattlesnakes.

review of West,

For those
“Smugglers
the list for
town.

of you familiar with such Timex or Spectrum Classics as
Cove," or “The Hobbit," West should be put near the top of

Classic adventure excitement. One starts near
Speed of execution really helps here because you will encounter
bank robbers who will shoot you quite dead if you do not "shoot" them
first by typing quickly. The first time I sat at the keyboard reading
instead of typing, I found myself dead for the first time.

One is allowed to be killed three times before the program locks up
and you have to re-boot from scratch so be fore-warhed! You may not
“need a quick trigger finger but you do definitely need a very fast

typing finger and this adds to the excitement of the Program. A
quick typing finger not only stops robbers but also rattlesnakes!

One needs 100
accumulated

‘way, etc.
building,
~When I went
lon, did

for the __

points to advance to the next level. Points are
by collecting loot from robbers, trinkets found along the
Be careful, though. When I climbed a marble staircase in one
I found mysel¢ gazing at a large g90Old nugget to the north.

north to retrieve the nugget, the dastardly QL replied,
I forget to mention a large gaping whole in the floor? Dead
time."

, One does not buy a QL for games but as the saying goes, "All work and
ino play..." When you finish your job costing analysis and your
inventory summary, boot West for a challenging and entertaining time.
| A unique feature is the “notepad" which lets you make notes about
j where you are, etc. so that when you save the program for next time,
i; you can start off remembering exactly where you left off.Both Zkul and
i West, two great adventure games, we have in stock.

| CR(Curry rating) = 8.

We now will examine two word processors-—
using to write this report, and Tasword
the Spectrum and the Timex 2068.

Quill, which is what we are
II, an excellent program for

For those of you who Purchase a @L and who now have your word
processor on cassette and not on Spectrum microdrive, the first thing
»you will notice is how fast Quill loads off the QL microdrive--less
i than 30 seconds. Documents of a page or so in length take less than 15

seconds. A document of 50 lines per page takes up roughly 20 sectors

out of a possible 220-224 per microdrive cartridge. One can see this
leaves room for a nice size document or a number of business letters.

Tasword is always in the equivalent of overwrite mode. If you type a
line and then backspace you will overwrite unless you issue an
extended command to insert a line. And then you: have to remember to

reformat the Paragraph. Quill ‘has an insert mode and an Overwrite mode
you can switch between by using shift and the F4 key. If one is
in insert mode and backspaces to insert, the program automatically
Qives you room and then reformats the whole Paragraph as you go.

Quill to work with Practically any
configurations in the software
However, with Tasword, one imbeds

of graphic icons which you can
One also, with this method,

One can configure Tasword or
Printer. Both have certain printer

initially--Epson FX-B80, for example.
Printer codes in the text by means
easily forget what the icons stand for .
cannot see what the finished document will look like. With Quill, the
Program is set up initially for bold, underline, superscript and
subscript. I one presses F4 to change the typeface to bold, the text
is high-lighted on the screen. To turn bold off, one simply presses
oBS for bold again and one reverts back to normal printing.
Underlining is underlined, superscript is higher up on the line, etc.
Quizl is a “what you see is what you print" word Processor and this is

very nice.

The cursor keys on Quill let you move in four directions. What is also
nice is that Pressing the shift key and either the left or right arrow
lets you move a time instead of a letter at a time,
control plus shift and the up and down keys lets you move a paragraph
at a time. Total number of words is ways displayed, as well as what
mode one is in(insert or Overwrite), typeface in use, line number and
Page number and document name .

You can search and replace words on both of these programs. However ,
the @L Program will search and replace’ for every ocurrence of a word
in one sequence whereas on Tasword II one searches’ for one word and
one replacement and then has to start the sequence all over again. As
in the other Psion programs, one can press Fi at anytime to access the
help screens which are excellent.

One serious drawback of Tasword is that it does not have tabs. One can
set margins, left or right, but that is all. Quill has margins to
indent paragraphs etc., and you can set margins from O to 80 columns.
On Tasword you can only have 64 columns. Forced Paging is possible,
you can have headers and footers-all in all we rate Quill very highly.
The only thing we did not like was that one has to print a whole Page
at a time. On Tasword, you can start and end at any line number one
wishes to and we feel this comes in handy.

AS you can see, we have now expanded to two Pages for our report. The
machine is not even out yet and already we are increasing our
coverage! This report is being written on an Fx-80 and in next month’s
issue we will show you some of the graphs it Produces with the program
Next month we will also review Graphi@L, a superb graphics
Program which we have in stock. Please write for information on any QL
Program you are interested in. We have sold out of QL User and are
waiting for the April issue, so get your orders in now. We are also
getting back issues. By next month's issue let’s hope some of you

have a @L on order!
(tl, lint...

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LETTERS

Here are a few of the letters which we
have received in the last few months.
Hopefully. one of our readers can answer
a question or two. If you can = answer
some of the questions raised in these
letters, or just want to discuss the
problem, please write the author

Comments from Costa Rica - Jess Peeler

Report on Damaged/Surplus TS-1000 Computers

I have seen 2 sources for these damaged/surplus computers:
(1) Zebra Systems, Inc.
(2) American Surplus Trading - on p. 31, Radio Electronics, Dec '84

In 1984 I purchased a dozen of these surplus computers from Zebra
Systems. They are sold on an as-is basis and all have one or more defects.
Additionally, since only the computer is sold, one mst provide power supply,
cables, and T.V. interface adapter. Nevertheless, I consider them, at $10

apiece, the bargain of the century.**
Now, to what was found in the dozen orphans which I had acquired.

My conjecture is that they were bought by the carload for a dollar or
so per unit and were either Timex factory rejects or customer-returned
computers which were found to have failed.

First thing noted was that all units had Timex 1000 identification
completely removed - from both the top and bottom of the case. (Timex was

ashamed?)

Mechanically, only 1 of 12 had suffered slight damage - in-that the
gall screws holding the 2 case halves together were stripped out of the

plastic stand-off supports.

Electronic problems:

(a) 2 of the 12 had burned out Sinclair SCL chips - the special
Ferranti "Sinclair Computer Logic" chip manufactured for
Sinclair. This chip is still available (I believe) from
Sinclair Research Limited, 4 Sinclair Plaza, Nashua, N.H.,
03061 - at $12.00 apiece. (Ask for IC-1, ULA Custom Chip)

(b) 1 of 12 had a burned out Z-80A chip. This chip is available
from dozens of suppliers for as low as $2.50 each.

Electrical/Mechanical problems -

ll of the 12 units had suffered damage to the delicate
plastic finger connections from the keyboard - as noted in
a previous write up.

Final Count - of my dozen orphans, by carefully trimming the keyboard
plastic finger connections and replacing one Z-80A chip, my net gain was 10
working computers and 2 available for spare parts. I could also, by pur-
chasing the ULA Custom chip from Sinclair, restore the last 2 to working
order. Therefore, for the computers alone, total parts comes to 12 x $10
+ $2.50 (for Z-80A) + 2 x $12 (for ULA) = $146.50, or an average of $12.21
apiece, Add $5 to $20 for the D.C. power supplies, connecting cables and :
T.V. switch/interface (depending on luck and skill in purchasing) and you're
looking at a batch of TS-1000s for under $35 apiece.

nking {is based on using the [5- as a beginner's computer, as
a simple business machine, and for those satisfied with black and white

and no sound.

lear Dick:

Got your note the other day. Here is my $10 so I can once again get the

newsletter.

A couple of years ago I ecauired 2 Stringy Florry interface for my Timex
1000 but I did very little with it at the time. A few months ago I doug
this out and started Playing with it again. I have been associated with
Exatron (who develored the Stringy Florry) for a lons time and have
@lways thought that this rFroduct had a lot of rotential. I have started
to develop a CF/M like orerating system that would allow the Timex 1000
(or ZX-81) to function as a stand alone develorment system and also rro-
vide a good file storage interface for BASIC rfrograms. All of the code
is written in assembly and is beins debussed presently (the actual code
develorment is done on 2 Digital Grour Z-80 system and then I down load
the Timex through the cassette interface. Slow but works).

From 2 users Point of views this will look Just like standard CP/M 2.2
excert that rrodrams will start at 4100 hex instead of 100 hex and the
interface to the BDOS will be via a Jump instruction at 4005 hex instead
of S hex. BRasicallys everything has been moved ur 4000 hex bytes. I
envision this system being burned into an 8k rom and rerlacins the resu-
lar ESF rom.

To access the orerating system from a BASIC rrosramys the user rokes the
function and arguments into pPre-assisned memory locations and then calls
a srecial BIOS entry (the variable B$(163) is used as a communications
buffer). For example to oren and read a data filers a rrogam might lock.
like: :
100 DIM B$(163)

110 LET B$=°HISTORY.DAT®
120 POKE 16417715

130 LET A=USR(8192)

140 IF A=255 THEN PRINT
142 LET I=0

144 LET TOTAL=0

146 LET AVERAGE=0

150 POKE 16417%20

160 LET A=USR(8192)

170 IF A<>O THEN FRINT
175 LET I=I+t1

_180 PRINT "CLIENT °#IyB$(1 TO 16)

190 PRINT “ADDRESS*»sBS$(17 TO 32)

200 PRINT ° *°»B$(33 TO 48)

210 PRINT * "*9BS(49 TO 64)

220 LET DUES=VAL(B$(65 TO 69))

230 LET RATE=VAL(BR$(70 TO 74))

240 LET TOTAL=TOTAL+DUES

250 LET AVERAGE=AVERAGE+RATE

260 GOTO 150

300 PRINT *TOTAL DUES =$°sTOTAL

310 PRINT “AVERATE RATE ="s#AVERAGE/I$°$/MONTH’
320 STOP

+eeor something similar.
down the exact details.

"FILE NOT ON THIS TAFE*:STOP

*END-OF-FILE*:GOTO 300

your

I have run into a couple of problem areas maybe you or one of =
igh

readers could help me with. How can I move the display file into
memory? Every time I trys the system crashes. Some times in slow mode
the system resronds faster than other times. Why and what can be done
about this? I need to use low memory for data storasder which locations
must be preserved (I use the rom BASIC only for the display file manase-

ment)?

If there are other Stringy Florry users out therer I would like to set
in touch and see if there is any interest in this (I still need to set
application Programs to run).

Best regards»

(ISM bap te oO)

Clark A. Calkins
1907 Alvarado Ave.

I have not rrogressed to the roint of nailing

DR. H. WELDON BAKER
8515 PATTON ROAD
PHILADELPHIA PA 19118

March 9, 1985
Doug Dewey
206 James St.
Carrboro, NC 27510

Dear Doug:

Iam writing in the hope that you or one of your
the TSUG can help with a problem I am having.

colleagues in

I am using my 1500 in my research at Temple; I have a "Report
Generator” board (ENER-Z Corp. Ft. Washington PA) attached to
the back, providing an interface with laboratory instruments- in
the present instance, a spectrophotometer. The R.G. board, if
you are not familiar with it, provides analog-to-digital. input
with 6-channel = input (O-Sv), programmable channel select &
sampling interval/rate, real-time clock, digital I/0 and a cen-
tronics interface (sort of) - The version I have is’ EPROM
controlled. I had originally planned to get the VOTEM, but at
the time could not locate a supplier. The board works very well,
and has sparked some very exciting and Promising research
possibilities. :

The problem lies with the 1500’s (& 1000’s) coarse graphics used
to display the results of the work. I need some high resolution
graphics capability. Thus far I have tried two solutions,
neither of which is satisfactory:

1) Printing out the data, manually transferring it to the
2068 and displaying and manipulating it there. This is slow, in-
convenient and does not take advantage of the 1500’s Capabili-
ties. The results, however, are spectacular.

2) Using an MC utility program for Hi-res printer
obtained from Bill Russell of G. Russell Electronics. The two
Programs are incompatible because both use a 1 REM statement;
HRP graphics for CODE and display storage, and RG takes 16 bytes
(16514-16530) for a scratch-pad. %*xxCRASH*** [By the way, VOTEM
also uses 1 REM.]

graphics

Can you suggest =:

>> A compatible HRG program or firmware? One thought was the
Memotec add-on, but I know nothing of its operation OR
availability. ANOTHER possibility could be Advanced Interface

Design’s hi-res bit mapped graphics board which resides at 8192-

14335D; again, I don’t know how it is used OR if it is still
available or from whom.
>> An I/O board for the 2068 OR for the Spectrum (to be used

with 2068 + Spectrum ROM). Even some detailed plans for building
such a board would help--- I have 2 or 3 such plans for use with
the 1000, but know of none for the 2068. With such a board, I
could do the same work with the 2068, bypass the 1000/1500, and
have the HRG I need. .
I’m hoping someone in TSUG has
problem and can offer help.

some familiarity with this

Whe

Am I still a member? Is it dues-time yet?

a

-OT—

»,

* As April 1 was Mother’s Day and there was not a quorum, elections were postponed
untill the May meeting. The results of the Plection are as follows:

President: Doug Dewey

Vice-President: Bill Roberts

Secretary: Dick Scoville

Treasurer: Mike Hoyce

Editors: Lonnie Kendall and Bill Roberts

Membership Secretary: Pete Faglia

The first two members of our Board of Operators were also elected. Their office ang names
are:

Special Assistance: Hiawatha Demby Jr.
Refreshments: Carol K. Roberts

The Last Word

You may not have noticed that Lonnie Kendall is not anly an editor of the newsletter but he
is also our publisher. Lonnie is responsible for the HIG improvement in the printing of the
newsletter. This man is doing a super job for the group and we should all appreciate his
efforts.

The Triangle Users’ Group meets once a month on the first Sunday of each
month at 2:00 pm in the Dreyfus Auditorium of the Research Triangle Park
facility just off of Cornwallis Road. The Public is welcome, in fact the
public is invited. Membership in our Users’ Group is $10.00 a year. We
have a large public that we serve, and we need sustaining contributions in
the form of money, articles for the newsletter, or occasional letters
telling us you are interested in receiving our publication. The donation
of goods and monies by members and business friends alike is a welcome
occurence and is also tax-deductible.

TRIANGLE SINCLAIR USERS’ GROUP OFFICERS:

President; Doug Dewey, 206 James ST., Carrboro, NC 27510, 919-923-3079.
Vice-President; Bill Roberts, R-2 Tar Heel Manor Apts., Carrboro, NC
27510, 919-929-6104,

Secretarys Dick Scoville, 2313 W. Club Blvd., Durham, NC 27705, 919-286-
4959.

Treasurers: Mike Boyce, 3313 East Oak Dr., Durham, NC 27712, 919-383-2000.

Board of Operators

Special Assistance: Hiawatha Demby Jr.
Refreshments: Carol K. Roberts

Send mail and inquires to Doug.

SOIR RAR A A A A A A th th th tht th st th, a oe

If you would like to j0in our Users’ Group then f111 out the
application form below and send it along with a check for $10.00
(1 year’s membership) to Doug’s address. You will receive 12
issues of the Triangle Sinclair User’s Group Newsletter (they may
be late, but you will get 12 issues).

TOWN: STATE: ZIP CODE:

I own az TS 1000 tout TS2Z068° .~
I plan to buy a @L se Ie
I own a modem_

I want articles on: hardware Projects —_, software
reviews___, machine code .

I would like to write some articles for the newsletter
I would like to fas

meee)

Doug Dewey
206 James St.
Carrboro, NC 27510

Triangle Sinclair
User" s Group
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Carrboro, NC 27510

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